PHILADELPHIA - After a losing December that found the Eagles end their season on a three-game skid and bounced from the postseason, a change was coming in the team's management.
That change came Friday.
Eagles owner, chairman, and chief executive Jeffrey Lurie announced new job titles for general manager Howie Roseman and head coach Chip Kelly.
The team's general manager since 2010, Roseman was elevated to the role of executive vice president, in charge of salary cap management, contract negotiations, and other NFL matters.
He will now have less control over the team's draft and scouting decisions, powers that will be handed to Kelly.
Kelly, who in two seasons has led the Eagles to two 10-win campaigns, will now also oversee the team's player personnel department and will aid the club in seeking a new personnel executive.
"We are a good football team and we believe these steps will help make us a great team," Lurie said in a statement explaining the decision on Friday. "That step, from good to great, is the most difficult one for any organization to make. To do that, sometimes you have to step back and really look hard at where you are today and not what you want to become."
The Eagles and Tom Cable, former vice president of player personnel, mutually parted ways on Wednesday.
Roseman also received a contract extension, the terms of which are not known.
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